Basic operations

In a terminal window, compile the .tex source with the command latex myfile.tex

To view the result use xdvi: xdvi myfile.dvi

To create a pdf file, use dvips and pdf2pdf:

dvips -t letter -o myfile.ps myfile.dvi

ps2pdf myfile.ps

To view the result of that, use acroread: acroread myfile.pdf &

Customization

If you want to use style files which aren't already installed on the system (note that rtrees.sty, lingmacros.sty, and avm.sty are installed, but robbib.bst/robbib.sty currently aren't), do the following:

Make a directory in your home directory called TEX:

cd

mkdir TEX

Add the following three lines to the file .bashrc in your home directory: